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  • The “Walkie Talkie” tower
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    Who’s going to clad all these?

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    After the collapse of Schmidlin earlier this year, the world of curtain walling has been in a state of unusual nervousness, with contractors wondering who they can turn to to do the work on major projects. Sarah Richardson looks at an uncertain future for cladding services

  • Stuart Elmes
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    What’s new under the sun

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Viridian Solar has just started business on the basis of a green water heater …

  • Andrew Wyllie
    Features

    ‘I have tended to make a nuisance of myself’

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    HOW THEY MADE IT — In the first of a series looking at how the sector’s heavyweights scaled the career ladder, Lydia Stockdale speaks to Andrew Wyllie, chief executive of Costain

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    Let the good times roll

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    This month’s survey reveals an optimistic mood among UK contractors, who are more willing to take on workers, particularly in the civil engineering sector

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    Cappuccinos in Huddersfield

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    DLG Architects has gained planning consent for the £175m Waterfront Quarter development in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

  • Pretty: Plans to become involved with charity work
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    David Pretty reveals plans for life after Barratt

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The outgoing chief executive of Barratt will not be opting for pipe and slippers when he steps down at the end of the year.

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    Rochester Riverside finally gets off launchpad

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Medway council in Kent is marketing the first phase of the 34ha Rochester Riverside site to developers, ending years of delay.

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    Cyril Sweett acquires Altonwood Project Services

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Consultant Cyril Sweett has purchased a project management and consulting service in north London for £500,000.

  • Tom Broughton
    Comment

    Rays way

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Ray O’Rourke has come a very long way in the past 30 years. After starting a business in an office adjoining his garage in east London, he is now at the helm of a global contracting and investment business worth £2.6bn, and with profits of more than £34m.

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    Farrell signs up for Tories

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Lord Heseltine has asked Sir Terry Farrell to join the Conservative party’s taskforce to regenerate UK cities.

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    Start of the Pier show

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Work has started on an Atkins-designed 40-storey residential development in Dubai.

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    Inland Revenue exonerated in landmark CIS tax ruling

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    A builder who sued HM Revenue & Customs after claiming that administrative delays on the Construction Industry Scheme forced his firm out of business has lost his case.

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    French Frank

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Frank Gehry has unveiled his design for a Paris museum of contemporary art. It consists of a series of enclosed galleries with glass-covered roof terraces.

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    Pilot study into viability of sustainable refurbishment

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Consultant Tuffin Ferraby Taylor (TFT) is teaming up with Slough Estates to introduce a pilot study into the viability of a sustainability programme for refurbishment.

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    New Manchester takes shape

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Allied London has won planning consent for the latest building in its Spinningfields development in Manchester.

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    Goldsmith attacks Labour’s sustainability record

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Zac Goldsmith, Tory adviser on the environment, has criticised the government for not forcing a change towards more sustainable construction methods in health projects.

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    RMJM designs £200m Cambridge laboratory

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Architect RMJM is designing a £200m medical research laboratory in Cambridge, Building understands.

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    Young Vic rejuvenated

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Architect Haworth Tompkins has completed the renovation of the Young Vic theatre, originally designed by Bill Howell in the 1960s.

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    Appointments

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    This week's movers …

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    Is this a wind-up?

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    A subcontractor, SCC Construction Ltd, raised a number of invoices against the head contractor, Medlock Projects Ltd. The invoices were not paid and SCC presented a winding-up petition against Medlock to the court. Medlock Projects applied to restrain advertisement of the winding up petition. The unpaid invoices were for £51,642 ...